News

• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Reform on Education: "Integrating Islamic schools in the public system is positive," says a missionary Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Integrating the madrassas (Islamic schools) in the public system is a good thing: it would mean more state control and adjustment of madrassas to the standards and curriculum of public education ...
• 1 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Refugees from Abyei: "Children are dying from malnutrition while cases of cholera are increasing, " says the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Some displaced children from Abyei have died from malnutrition and alarm regarding cholera increases, " said Mgr.Roko Taban Mousa to Fides, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in southern Sudan ...
• 1 June 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Franciscan missionaries renew their commitment in the province of Sandoun Port Moresbey (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan missionaries renew their missionary efforts in the province of Sandoun, in north-western Papua New Guinea. Fr Lukasz Kwiatkowski is a young 29 year old Franciscan missionary ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA PHILIPPINES - Not only politics: history, culture and religion are necessary to build peace in Mindanao Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Peace in Southern Philippines is not just a matter of "political negotiations," but "requires an effort that involves and considers history, culture, the religion of all social groups present in ...
• 31 May 2011
  May the Holy Spirit give rise to a number of missionary vocations from our community, willing to fully devote themselves in spreading the kingdom of God" - Comments regarding the Missionary Intention- June 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Council Decree Ad Gentes said that the pilgrim Church is missionary by nature, because it originates from the mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit, according to the Father's plan, wh ...
• 31 May 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-"The Holy Father expressed his closeness to the Church and the Libyan people, " says Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Father expressed his need to tell me: 'Do not feel alone, the Church supports you especially through prayer'. The Pope was very fatherly and understood the suffering that both the Chur ...
• 31 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- The cross has been placed on the new church in Nan Yi Dian dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians Lin Fen Lin (Agenzia Fides) - In a solemn Mass and the Procession of the Cross, the parish of the Diocese of Zhao Cheng in the diocese of Lin Fen, in Shan Xi province in China, blessed and placed the Cross on the new ch ...
• 31 May 2011
  VATICAN -The Pope to a group of Indian Bishops, "the proclamation of God’s word is bearing rich spiritual fruit, especially through the spread of small Christian communities" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " It is a source of satisfaction that the proclamation of God’s word is bearing rich spiritual fruit in your local Churches, especially through the spread of small Christian communities ...
• 31 May 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-A priest elected head of the Regional Council of the Indigenous in Cauca Popayán (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the history of the Regional Council of the indigenous of Cauca, a priest was elected as its highest authority. It has to do with Father Jesus Chavez, a native of Tierraden ...
• 31 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-"It is urgent to find accommodation for 27,000 displaced persons welcomed in the parish of Duékoué": the concern of the Bishop of Man Duékoué (Agenzia Fides) – The plague of the displaced persons welcomed in the parish of Duékoué, in western Côte d'Ivoire continues. In late March, following the conquest of the city by the Republican Forces in C� ...
• 31 May 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-A Bishop:"the natives affected by the cyclone have a strong faith and rebuild the churches" Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous people affected by Cyclone Giri, violently hit the west coast of the Diocese of Pyay (Myanmar Central West), in autumn 2010 "have a strong faith to continue to worship, to pray tir ...
• 31 May 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-"Acknowledging the other " Week of national reconciliation with the Aboriginal people Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Recognizing the other in his identity, to appreciate him as a person, to estimate the contribution he can give to Australian society: these are the central themes of the "National Week of Reconci ...
• 31 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-XI National Assembly of the Social Pastoral Caritas: the person in the Permanent Mission context Camiri (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri will host the XI National Assembly of Social Pastoral Caritas, which will take place from June 6 to 10. The slogan is: "I came so they might have life and have ...
• 31 May 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-Millions of children forced to flee from their homes due to violent conflicts Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - In northern Ethiopia, in the town of Adigrat and in its vicinity, due to the last border war that ended in 2000 ,many people deported from neighboring Eritrea live, a country that has yet to rea ...
• 30 May 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI at the Regina Caeli, "Even today, the vocation of the Church is evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The preaching of the deacon Philip in the city of Samaria was accompanied by numerous healings and, as narrated in the Acts of the Apostles, "there was great joy in that city" (Acts 8.8). F ...